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    Houston Dynamo

    BBVA Stadium, home of MLS team Houston Dynamo

    The Texan MLS club are looking to revive early glory days with Oscar De La Hoya and James Harden part of their ownership team.

    Houston Dynamo FC were announced as a new MLS team in 2005, with the San Jose Earthquakes franchise moving to Texas. They were initially owned by the Anschutz Entertainment Group. Houston hosted a welcome party on December 16 and announced that the team would play at the University of Houston's Robertson Stadium.

    The Dynamo name was unveiled on March 7, 2006, less than a month before their first game. The name was about Houston's energy-based industrial economy and a nod to a former Houston soccer team in the USL. The word Dynamo is also well-used throughout international soccer and the team defines it as "someone who never fatigues or gives up".
    The team colours are orange, white and light blue. The light blue, or 'Space City' blue, is on the city flag and was previously used by the NFL's Houston Oilers. The original crest was black and orange with a soccer ball between the words Houston and Dynamo, with a star below the team name too. The team rebranded before the 2020 season and the new logo is a hexagonal shape with six sides representing Houston's six wards. There is an interlocking H.D. above the team name with a lightning bolt under the name.
    The team primarily played at Robertson Stadium on the campus of the University of Houston from 2006 to 2011. They moved into BBVA Stadium, a 22,000-seater soccer-specific arena, in 2012. The venue is in downtown Houston, in the same area as the NBA's Toyota Center and MLB's Minute Maid Park.

    Originally owned by AEG, the Dynamo's current majority owner is Mexican Gabriel Brener. Boxing superstar Oscar De La Hoya and NBA superstar James Harden are among the minority owners.

    James Harden is a minority owner of the Houston Dynamo

    The team had initial MLS success with two titles right out of the gate and have since added two MLS Cup runners-up placings. They also boast a US Open Cup on their resume.

    Big-name players the Dynamo have rostered include Chris Wondolowski, Dwayne De Rosario, DaMarcus Beasley, Stuart Holden, Geoff Cameron, Brian Ching, Brad Davis and Pat Onstad.

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